[Eng trans][audio clip] Rain and KCM’s 질주본능/Speeding Instinct military radio show. (8/5)

•August 6, 2012 • 7 Comments

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Or, as Terri and I call it: Rain and KCM’s The Need For Speed. 🙂

(Source credit: 96.7 Friends FM / DEMA / courtesy of ratoka @YT)

 12-08-05 Friends FM – 질주본능 (The Desire To Speed)_Rain and KCM DJ.

Speeding Instinct for Sunday, 8/5/2012

English translation: 화니

English tweaks and asides: {Stephe ^@@^}

Please use only with proper credits. Thanks!

[Rain] & [KCM] : Rain & KCM’s The Desire To Speed!

[Rain] :We welcome all of you who have had a rough night watching the Olympic Games on TV, who are too busy to watch the games, who watched reruns of the games, who couldn’t watch the whole game and just watched the highlights on the sports news, and who have no interest in the games and don’t watch the games.

[Rain] & [KCM] : Welcome to our The Desire To Speed!

[Rain] : The entire country is excited by the news that the Korean football team has made it to the semifinals. We hope all the games will be cleanly fought.

Rain] & [KCM] :Please keep it right here on FM 96.7 in Seoul, Chuncheon, Pocheon, and Cheowon, FM 101.1 in Wonju, Yeoju, and Yangpyung, FM 89.5 in Baengnyeong-do, FM 92.5 in Sokcho, Gangreung, Yangyang, and Goseong, FM 93.3 in Gangwon, Kirin, and Sangnam, FM 103.3 in Hwacheongun, FM 101.5 in Yangku and Inje, FM 100.1 in Daejeon, Gyeryong, and Nhonsan, and on FM 94.1 in Cheju-do.

[KCM] : Please send your stories and song requests to the radio station through a chargeable SMS #0967 (₩ 50) or its Twitter (@speeding967) or Smart R2 Application.

[Rain] you can visit ” http://www.dema.mil.kr ” and post comments on its bulletin board (별사탕게시판)

[Rain] : Or you can visit the page by putting the keyword “국방홍보” (Defense Agency for Public Information Services) in the search box. So please send your stories about the joys and sorrows of everyday living or letters to the people around you or song requests to Rain&KCM’s The Desire To Speed.

[KCM] : Mini radios the military broadcast’s logo is emblazoned on, gift certificates, vitamin sets, etc., will be provided to the participants.

[Rain] : {We’re back after two weeks.} We can’t keep on burning the candle at both ends because of our tight schedules, but we’re trying hard to keep our promise. And thanks ‘Jung Joon Yil’ for working for us.

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[quickie][fan made] No more…

•August 6, 2012 • 3 Comments

From 2005 KBS2 drama A Love To Kill… Rain as Kang BokGu at his finest, set to original soundtrack song  더 이상 (No More), sung by Howl. Love it! ♥ ^@@^ RAIN Fanmade MV – A Love To Kill OST – Howl. (Credit and edit: manloverain @YT)

Wallpaper! Get your Rain calendar wallpaper for August.

•August 5, 2012 • 6 Comments

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This month’s themes are: Full House, Consolatory Train, Lt. Jung TaeHoon, The Last of the Best, and R2B: Return to Base‘s premiere. Please enjoy. 🙂

(1400 x 930. Cloud USA. Displays best “centered” rather than stretched or fitted, but still looks great any way you want it.  See smaller sizes in the Gallery below.) Well, folks, only after the calendar was finished did I notice how it seemed they were looking at the dates on it. I crack myself up. ^@@^  (ROFL.  You’re so silly.  :-})

Rain: “Yep, there it is. Our movie is coming out on the 15th. So excited!”

Hana and Sekyung: “Aw, it’s silver. So pretty!”

Sunglasses Guy: “How did she get it to hang in the air like that? Cool.”

Dark shirt Guy: “It’s just a %#&! calendar. What’s the big deal?” 😛 ^@@^

MORE wallpaper behind the link! ↓

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[fan cams] Rain on the Consolatory Train. (8/3)

•August 4, 2012 • 1 Comment

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(All cams credited to drighk @YT)

[직캠] 120803 비 – Hip Song (HR) [철원] by drighk.

A moment… [직캠] 120803 비 – 멘트 (HR) [철원] by drighk.

[직캠] 120803 비 – It’s raining (HR) [철원] by drighk.

[clips] Strictly for the Visuals: Fresh R2B Return to Base in today’s news.

•August 4, 2012 • 2 Comments

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FRESH R2B footage! And a glimpse of Red Muffler (1964)! Oh, my! 😀

120804 영화가 좋다_R2B:리턴투베이스 (Good Movie_R2B: Return to Base). Source credit: KBS2 / Only 비 / courtesy of ratoka @YT.

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OW! Kicked the crap out of him, LOL! And of course, the first thing that Rain’s character would see of SeKyung’s character was her butt. Wow. ahahahaha!

[Rain (Bi) TV]120804 Online! Movie World_R2B: Return to Base. Source credit: SBS /  Only 비 / courtesy of ratoka @YT.

[images] Rain rides the Consolatory Train. (8/3)

•August 4, 2012 • 2 Comments

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(Images: dataNews / DEMA.mil.kr)

[full clip] Strictly for the Visuals: The R2B Return to Base special.

•August 4, 2012 • 4 Comments

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Well, folks, here is where all of those wonderful screen captures posted HERE and posted HERE are from.

Sit back in a comfy chair with your favorite beverage for this one, because it is long and it is a doozy that you don’t want to miss.

I was tickled silly by how they edited in The Fugitive Plan B/JiWoo on the run music for when Rain was in the gravity simulator. Haha! All he could say when he got out of the thing was, “Gosh! So painful. So painful.” Bless him!

Enjoy this, all! 🙂 ^@@^

120804 tvN스페셜_R2B:리턴투베이스 500일의 기록 (R2B: Return to Base Special). Source credit: TvN / Source: Only 비 / courtesy of ratoka @YT.

[quickie][fan made] Purple 비.

•August 4, 2012 • 3 Comments

Awesome, Merrick! ♥ ^@@^ Purple 비. (Credit and edit: Merrick / merrickcloud @YT / Music: Prince, “Purple Rain”)

[screen caps] Fresh R2B imagery, Part 2.

•August 4, 2012 • 2 Comments

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Check it out! More be still my heart stuff from that TvN special on R2B that I mentioned in my previous post. Just… wow. 🙂

(Captures credit: Scorpiola @weibo)

CloudUSAer Gee is rockin’ her gorgeous 비 tattoo.

•August 4, 2012 • 7 Comments

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Now this, my friends, is a thing of beauty. Go on, Gee, with your Bad Self! I love it. 😀

(YES, it is real.)

(Image credit: questsurfer @Twitpic)

[screen caps] Fresh R2B imagery, Part 1.

•August 4, 2012 • 11 Comments

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From the looks of it, dear fans, TvN had an R2B special or a segment that really went in depth, and people nearly screenshot’ed themselves to death over it! This is some GREAT stuff right here. Be. Still. My. Heart. 🙂

(Captures credit:  twinklinglee / The official R2B movie Twitter / source: The Cloud Photo Board)

[clip] Revisiting 2004: Rain’s 3rd Cloud fan meeting in the News.

•August 3, 2012 • 1 Comment

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My favorite things about this entertainment news report: The Clouds cracking Rain up by attempting his choreography, Rain destroying his own cake, him introducing father Kichun-ssi in the audience, and Jo JeongLim, the cute little reporter that punched him twice in the face trying to do Drunken Fist, is doing this segment. LOL!

Love it. 🙂 Enjoy!

041215 MBC – Section TV_The Cloud 3rd Fan Meeting. (Source credit: MBC / courtesy of manloverain @YT)

Rain check. (And some RRG, for good measure.)

•August 3, 2012 • 3 Comments

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(CLICK all images for larger view.)

Fresh R2B: Return to Base images, courtesy of RAINY Entertainment @Facebook. GOSH, how can the man be so doggone handsome? What the heck.

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Rain at the Yeosu Expo on July 31. Yum. (Images credited as tagged / courtesy of pollyanna)

As you can tell by the Miyupy tag, she has posted her Yeosu Expo fan cams. There are seven in all on YouTube; here is “I Do”.

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And the CUTEST RANDOM RAIN GOODNESS that you ever did see. Couldn’t you just sop this man up with a biscuit? ♥ ^@@^

Rain check. (And some Random Rain Goodness.)

•August 2, 2012 • 5 Comments

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More from the R2B: Return to Base special screening in Cheongdam, Gangnam on July 31. LOVE that light board! (Images credit: Terry Yu @Facebook)

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And some LOVELY RRG, courtesy of pipi-rain in Osaka.^^ Whisker alert!

[clip] Rain’s full performance at Yeosu EXPO on KTV.

•August 2, 2012 • 4 Comments

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You can actually hear Rain’s voice clearly and the fans have been tuned down. Awesome. Beautiful! ♥ ♥ GREAT visuals, too. This is definitely worth watching, no matter how many fan cams or clips you’ve already seen.

[Rain (Bi)비 TV]120801 KTV_여수Yeosu Expo Pop Festival K-Pop Special Concert(120728)_Rain edit. (Source credit: KTV / Recorded by Scorpiola / scorpiolabi2 @YT /Please Do Not re-up to other YouTube channels. Thanks!)

[Eng trans] Rain’s letter to his fans, his R2B director, and co-stars.

•August 2, 2012 • 7 Comments

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Rain’s letter to his fans and R2B director and co-stars, at the CGV Gangnam special video screening (7/31)

Korean to English translation by 화니

English Tweaks by Stephe ^@@^

(Please credit properly if used. Thanks!)

My dear fans!

This is Jung Ji Hoon who plays the character, “Lieutenant Jung Tae Hoon” in movie R2B : Return To Base. R2B : Return To Base, a long-awaited movie, will finally arrive in theaters on August 15.

It seems like just yesterday that I was filming the movie while going through all kinds of hardships at an air base, at the Air Force Academy, etc. even on hot summer days for one year and four months, so I find it hard to believe that it is already coming out. I do have a few worries about how the film will be received [rated as in box office numbers and accolades], but I believe our efforts will be rewarded.

The film has been achieved with the blood, sweat, and tears of co-stars including me, director, crew staffs, etc. We’ve done our best to make the film better, so please just enjoy it. I’d like to chat with them about the film while promoting it, but I am sorry I can’t be with them in person because of my military service. ㅠㅠ But I think my co-stars will sub for me.

Please give R2B : Return To Base, which is due for release on August 15, your interest and support. I’m sorry that I’m not able to be with our director, my co-stars, etc.

Dear director, when the movie is released, I’ll buy a ticket and watch it.

Dear ‘Joon Sangy’ hyung (Yu JoonSang), you are popular these days! I think you’ve made some money, so please treat me to something special~

Dear ‘Sung Soo’ hyung (Kim SungSoo), I heard you said in an interview that I haven’t adjusted in the army. But I’m good at acclimating myself to circumstances, as I’m thinking of continuing to serve the army! 😉

Dear ‘Se Kyung’ (Shin SeKyung), you must be having a hard time promoting the film during my absence. I’m just so very, very sorry. I’ll buy you delicious food later.

Our cute friend ‘Hana‘, are you still so serious? Please don’t continue taking a lot of things so seriously. And I’m not interested in you at all. 😉

Dear ‘Jong Suk’ (Lee KongSuk), I think I like you. Kekeke 😉

Dear ‘Suk Won’ (Jung SukWon), I like someone who is passionate about his work like you. I hope you will always be enthusiastic!

Please visit me if you all (my co-stars, the director, the crew staffs, etc.) are not busy after the release of the film! I’m sorry I have bad handwriting, but that’s just the way I am~~

R2B : Return To Base, fighting!!!

» Letter images, as tweeted by the official R2B movie Twitter.

[images] Rain rides the Consolatory Train. (7/31)

•August 2, 2012 • Leave a Comment

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At the Army 23rd Infantry Division.

(TAGGED Images credit: DEMA.mil.kr / Source: RAINY Entertainment @Facebook)

(UNTAGGED Images credit: blog.daum.net/lovelove65/437,  DC )

[clips] Strictly for the Visuals: Rain and the R2B cast in the News.

•August 1, 2012 • 3 Comments

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The R2B: Return to Base cast at yesterday’s video screeing at CGV Gangnam.

120801 My Daily – Rain’s handwritten letter released. (Source credit: My Daily / Courtesy of ratoka @YT)

A look back at Rain’s career, on Mnet Japan. (eNews life star ranking)

RAIN 「enews 人生逆転スターランキング」 Mnet 20110731放送. (Source credit: eNews / Courtesy of momorumii @YT)

More of the R2B special video screening in Gangnam. (Rain handwritten letter, R2B Return to Base video event)

정지훈 자필 편지 영상 R2B 리턴투베이스 알투비데이 Topstarnews net. (Source credit: Top Star News / topstarnews @YT)

[Vid]120731 Topstarnews_R2B Special Screening Event @ CGV (22 min). (Source credit: Top Star News / Courtesy of ratoka @YT)

Cloudy Day: Fan art, inspired by R2비.

•August 1, 2012 • 3 Comments

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Rain as “Lt. Jung TaeHoon”, penciled by artist Nao. Posted by raimy @The Cloud Photo Board.

[images][article][Rain letter] Checking in on the R2B special video screening yesterday.

•August 1, 2012 • 3 Comments

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For the love of God, everybody, don’t get bent out of shape. It’s pretty obvious that he’s joking about the military. I busted a gut about him telling Hana that he’s “not interested.” LMAO! She should beat him down good and proper for that when she sees him again! LOL 😀 ^@@^

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Allkpop 7/31/2012 — by ylee

Rain writes a fun hand-written letter to his ‘R2B’ co-stars

Jung Ji Hoon a.k.a Rain recently wrote a hand-written letter, joking about how he is thinking about remaining in the military.

On July 31st, a special event was held in Gangnam for the upcoming movie, ‘R2B: Return to Base‘. Singer Rain who plays a role in the movie could not attend the event, as he is currently serving in the Korean military.

Because he could not be there with his fellow co-stars, Rain sent them a hand-written letter instead. In it, he expressed his gratitude towards the fans who gathered that day, and made everyone laugh with his personal messages to his co-stars.

He wrote to Lee Hana, “My cute friend Hana. Are you still very serious? You should stop that.” He evoked laughs by adding, “Oh, by the way, I’m not interested in you.”

On the flip side, Rain had hilariously written to Lee Jong Suk, “I think I like you,” displaying his goofy side.

The artist also had a message for Kim Sung Soo. “I heard you said in an interview that I was no good at being in the military,” he began. “I’ve actually adapted so well, I’m wondering if I should just continue to do this.”

Meanwhile, action blockbuster ‘R2B’ follows the story of Taehoon (Rain), the youngest pilot of the special acrobatic air force team Black Eagle. He is transferred to the 21st Fighter Wing, then attacks enemy aircrafts that appear in the skies of Youido. The film also stars Yoon Joo SangShin Sae Kyung, Kim Sung Soo, Lee Hana, Lee Jong Suk, Jung Kyung Ho, and more.

The movie premieres on August 15th.

Source & Image: Mydaily, TVDaily

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Of course, they had to blow the doggone letter up large enough so that it could be SEEN FROM SPACE. LOL! ^@@^

Rain’s letter to his R2B co-stars, in a clearer form, as tweeted by the official R2B movie Twitter today. ^@@^

Cloud USA’s Quote of the Day

•July 31, 2012 • 15 Comments

~ Cloud cover by Terri :-}, Managing Editor

Today’s quote of the day comes from jjongoppa15 on the bi-rain tumbler:

All I can say is when you’re right, you’re right.  :-}

For those of you who haven’t seen the video we are talking about (although I can’t imagine a Cloud who has been that deprived, but still…), here it is in high definition:

Please do enjoy…

Terri :-}

Tweets abound: Is this COOL or what? R2B at the CGV. :)

•July 31, 2012 • 3 Comments

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{*Edited to Add: Looks like this is the site of the R2B video screening with the cast today, at the CGV Cinema in Cheongdam (a suburb of Gangnam, which is considered the “Beverly Hills” of Seoul). ^@@^}

(Source and image credit: The official R2B movie Twitter / CLICK images for full size.)

[Cloud USA video] On The Floor.

•July 31, 2012 • Leave a Comment

^@@^  Bi Rain – On The Floor – (Credit and edit: JJ @Cloud USA / CloudUSAChannel @YT / Music: Jennifer Lopez, “On The Floor”)

[clips][fan art] Official R2B: Return to Base previews.

•July 31, 2012 • 6 Comments

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The nerve of that bad guy! Wow, talk about adrenalin rush! 😀 Enjoy this long and this shorter version of a pivotal scene in the skies over Seoul, released today.

(Videos source credits: official R2B website / www.r2b-2012.co.kr / courtesy of ratoka @YT)

[Vid1] 120731 R2B: Return to Base Clip (알투비-리턴투베이스).

[Vid2]120731 R2B Return to Base clip 2 (알투비-리턴투베이스).

(FAN ART credit: Cerine Zen @RAIN fanart blog)

[fan cam] It Rained hard at the Yeosu Expo this past Saturday…

•July 31, 2012 • 1 Comment

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My favorite show intro of all time! Yay! Slow it down, baby.

[120728] RAIN – Intro & “It’s Raining” @ Yeosu World Expo Pop Festival. (courtesy of ETrunchkin31 @YT)

[clip] Look what we just shared on Facebook…

•July 31, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Rain, KCM, and other artists in a KFN military news report on this past weekend’s 2012 Yeosu Korea EXPO K-Pop Festival encore. Looks like actor/soldier Yu Geon was MC’ing… 😀 ^@@^ [Rain (Bi)비 TV]120730 국군TV KFN_국방뉴스News_Rain @ Yeosu Expo K-POP Special Encore. (Recorded by scorpiola / scorpiolabi1 @YT)

[UPDATE] The Overseas Clouds’ R2B August 14 VIP Premiere Ticket Donation Project

•July 30, 2012 • 20 Comments

~Cloud cover by Terri :-}, Managing Editor

Well, you’re doing GOOD, Clouds.  REAL good.

This morning, I discovered the following update on The Cloud, for the R2B VIP premiere ticket donation project we announced and endorsed on the July 21:

The list at the bottom of the post on The Cloud, which is in Korean, is a list of the current beneficiaries of the project and a count of the number of tickets that are being reserved for each group of children.  Below is a translation of that list in English.

  • Angel ‘s Haven: 30 tickets
  • Gwonbyeonhwasanim (disabled children): 87 tickets
  • Catholics Nationwide Study Room: 35 tickets
  • Children in Yongsan-gu (poverty stricken children): 328 children
  • Haesimwon: 20 tickets

Yes, thanks to your generosity, Clouds, 500 teenagers, who may not otherwise have had the chance, will not only be able to watch R2B: Return to Base, but will also be able to be a part of Rain’s official fan club’s VIP premiere event.

For that we thank you.  From the bottom of our hearts.

Like Heidi said in her post on The Cloud, there are still many more teenagers who would love to see the movie, but can’t afford to.  So, if you have some pocket change lying around, kindly throw it their way, would ya?  One ticket costs $9.00.  Nine measly bucks.  Skipping that Starbucks coffee for a few days, or eating at home one night a week instead of eating out, is all it would take to buy one child a ticket.  Really, is $9.00 too much of a sacrifice to make if it will put a big smile on a child’s face?

Again, Cloud USA thanks you for your overwhelming generosity.  As always, we are warmed by your kindness, awed by your grace and humbled by your spirit.

Terri :-} and Stephe ^@@^

(Please note:  Some of the Korean on the list doesn’t translate into English well, which is why Heidi left the post in Korean on The Cloud, so there would be no misunderstandings.  However, I did my best to translate the list for us English-speaking folks who don’t read Korean at all.  If anyone can give us more information about the words that didn’t translate, or the organizations that are listed, please do share that information in the comments below.)

[fan cam] Look what we just shared on Facebook…

•July 30, 2012 • 4 Comments

More EXPOing with Rain and the Crew. 🙂 ^@@^ [RAIN]120728 여수엑스포 by지훈오빠앙 (Yeosu Expo, JiHoon oppa). Courtesy of 앙 지훈오빠 @YT.

[clip] Fab one Hongshi puts his students through their paces.

•July 30, 2012 • 2 Comments

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Pretty COOL if you ask us. Go on with your Bad Self, Song JaeHong. 🙂

A.move DANCE Workshop Vol.1 Hongshi class (Rain 振付師) (Rain choreographer). Source credit: A.Move DANCE Academy / amovedance @YT.

[images] Rain rides the Consolatory Train. (7/26)

•July 30, 2012 • Leave a Comment

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(Images credit: DEMA.mil.kr)

[fan cams] Rain is good at the 2012 Yeosu Korea EXPO K-Pop Fest.

•July 30, 2012 • 4 Comments

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And we mean really GOOD. 🙂

(Source credit: Joyful haejukdl @naver.com / courtesy of RainOeye1982 @YT)

(Source credit: vividly12blue / courtesy of RainOeye1982 @YT)

(Image credit: Lim Yeongsik @DEMAclub.tistory.com)

Tweets abound: Somebody really likes A.Move DANCE. :)

•July 30, 2012 • 5 Comments

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Rain, and Fabulous One Hongshi in A.Move Dance Academy (out of Osaka, Japan) attire, before or after their EXPO performance. 🙂

(Source: A.Move Dance Academy @Twitter)

[images] Can’t get enough of Rain at EXPO Yeosu. (7/28)

•July 30, 2012 • 2 Comments

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Here’s the proof. 🙂

(Images credit: 2012 Yeosu Korea EXPO blog on Naver)

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(Images credit: Lim Yeongsik @ DEMAclub.tistory.com)

‘Cause no one else…

•July 29, 2012 • 4 Comments

…can compare to you.

Beautiful song for a beautiful man—all wrapped up in a lovely fanmade video.  Well done!

Thank you, Lili.

Terri :-}

[Credits:  Fanmade video – on YouTube.  Song – Millie Corretjer‘s Una voz en el Alma (A Voice in the Soul) ]